Judy Watson is an Indigenous artist whose matrilineal family is from Waanyi country in Northwest Queensland, Australia. She is a member of the first generation of Aboriginal artists to employ the conventions of a studio-based fine art practice to examine contemporary identity and historical trauma. During this talk she will discuss her artistic practice and … Continued

Military subjects have a long history of representation in Japanese art. Prior to and during the Edo period (1615–1868), the imagery of war was essentially confined to domestic battles between feudal lords. However, after Japan began modernizing during the Meiji period (1868–1912) and the ensuing decades, it became involved in international wars of increasing scope. … Continued

Judith Mann, curator of European art to 1800, will discuss her nearly 20-year endeavor to bring the exhibition Paintings on Stone: Science and the Sacred 1530–1800 to fruition. She will discuss the emergence of this artistic process in the 16th century as well as the origins of the exhibition when the Museum purchased a small … Continued

Join Hitomi Gilliam, AIFD, for a fresh and inspiring demonstration and Q&A, live from her studio in British Columbia. Botanical art takes a different approach than flower arrangement does. An arrangement combines specific flowers, such as peony or garden rose, to create an attractive composition. In botanical art, flowers are an element of design. The … Continued